1 Crónicas 20
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Conquista de Rabá(A)
20 En la primavera, que era la época en que los reyes salían de campaña, Joab sacó el grueso del ejército y devastó el país de los amonitas. Llegó hasta Rabá, la atacó y la destruyó; pero David se quedó en Jerusalén. 2 Al rey de los amonitas[a] David le quitó la corona de oro que tenía puesta, la cual pesaba un talento[b] y estaba adornada con piedras preciosas. Luego se la pusieron a David. Además, David saqueó la ciudad y se llevó un botín inmenso. 3 Expulsó de allí a sus habitantes y los puso a trabajar con sierras, picos y hachas de hierro. Lo mismo hizo con todos los pueblos amonitas, después de lo cual regresó a Jerusalén con todas sus tropas.
Guerra contra los filisteos(B)
4 Algún tiempo después se originó una batalla contra los filisteos en Guézer. En esa ocasión Sibecay, el jusatita, mató a Sipay, descendiente de los refaítas. Así sometieron a los filisteos.
5 Luego, en otra batalla contra los filisteos, Eljanán, hijo de Yaír, mató a Lajmí, hermano de Goliat, el guitita, cuya lanza tenía un asta tan grande como el rodillo de un telar.
6 Hubo una batalla más en Gat. Allí había otro gigante, un hombre altísimo que tenía veinticuatro dedos, seis en cada mano y seis en cada pie. Él también era descendiente de Rafa. 7 Este se puso a desafiar a los israelitas, pero Jonatán, hijo de Simá, hermano de David, lo mató.
8 Estos fueron los descendientes de Rafa, el guitita, que cayeron a manos de David y de sus oficiales.
1 Chronicles 20
English Standard Version
The Capture of Rabbah
20 (A)In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And (B)Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 (C)And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent[a] of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. 3 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor[b] (D)with saws and iron picks and axes.[c] And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Philistine Giants Killed
4 (E)And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. 5 And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of (F)Jair struck down Lahmi (G)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 6 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants. 7 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of (H)Shimea, David's brother, struck him down. 8 These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 20:2 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew he sawed
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Compare 2 Samuel 12:31; Hebrew saws
1 Chronicles 20
King James Version
20 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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